Peace Quotes by B. H. Liddell Hart

21 Peace quotes by B. H. Liddell Hart

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B. H. Liddell Hart, a military strategist, offers twenty‑one observations that link warfare insights to the pursuit of peace. His analytical style provides a unique angle on how conflict can be resolved.

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If you want peace, understand war.

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If you wish for peace, understand war.

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Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.

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The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war.

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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.

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The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that…

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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

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The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not…

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For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable…

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The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force…

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The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to…

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I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I…

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For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and…

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It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make…

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Vitality springs from diversity -- which makes for real progress so long as there is mutual toleration, based on the recognition that…

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If we clear the air of the fog of catchwords which surround the conduct of war, and grasp that in the human…

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In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of…

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While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring…

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The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the…

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The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history…

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If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the…

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The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

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Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.

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The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history…

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It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their…

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The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

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The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an…

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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.

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